Marketing Directory

Cincinnati, Remote

Narrative development, comms strategy, and execution for seed to series D founders and VC firms + office hours for portfolio companies.

https://www.amoscomms.com/contact

Lindsay led comms at Y Combinator (YC) from 2018-2024 where she helped thousands of startups launch and build a comms strategy. She was the first comms hire at Square (now Block) through IPO and worked at Facebook (now Meta).

San Francisco

Active angel investor and occasionally will take on advisory roles helping founders with marketing and comms; has also helped seed → late-stage startups with short-term projects (product launches, funding announcements)

jack@ardenventures.com

Currently head of marketing at Aetherflux. Previously led comms at OpenStore and Robinhood. Helped launch Alt, Capital (fka Party Round), Hang, Mesa, Siena AI, Alongside.xyz, and more.

Austin

Early-stage comms and advisory work; also offers agency RFP management and agency/brand matchmaking

cristin@cristinculver.com

Experience running comms at Divvy Homes, Notarize, and Opendoor, and comms leadership roles at Trulia and Pandora. Now, she supports early-stage startups, especially in PropTech, LegalTech and FinTech. Clients have included Nucleus Genomics, Opendoor, Trust & Will, Instacart, BuildCasa, Base Power, and Wander

San Francisco

Strategic comms for startups and VC firms

chantelle@darbypr.com

Was Accel’s VP of Comms for ~8 years. Darby PR’s clients include Google Ventures, Nebius, Campfire, Golden City Football Club

San Francisco

Brand positioning, messaging for VC firms and tech companies. Previously oversaw marketing at Greylock and Matrix, and before that was a writer and associate editor at Forbes magazine.

erika@storyboardist.com

Clients include Accel, Bessemer, CRV, Greylock, Lux Capital, Patreon, Stanford GSB, Stockpile, Tile, Udacity, and more.

New York

Brand positioning, reputation, and executive comms for growth-stage companies at moments of transition.

cameron@1stprinciples.io

Past and current clients have included Annapurna, CX2, and poolside. Previously led executive comms at Palantir and Epic Games.

New York

Messaging, comms strategy and execution for early-stage startups and VC. Has worked with lots of AI startups.

becky@gramercystrategies.co

Working with AI startups and VC firms. Previously was head of comms at Notion and the first comms hire at DoorDash through IPO.

New York

Focuses on driving earned media for Series A to Series D companies; includes messaging work & media training

jenny@jc-pr.co

Currently PR EIR at First Round Capital. Previously comms director at Day One Ventures, supporting founders of Owner, you.com, Symbolica, Moonhub (now @ Salesforce) and others

San Francisco

Brand positioning + messaging, media relations, media training, content development/writing (bylines, op eds, blog posts, etc), executive visibility/thought leadership campaigns, speaking + events management.

marghuang@gmail.com

Focuses on web3, crypto, blockchain, fintech, and edtech. Current/past: Arrington Capital, Random Games, LinkedIn, Intuit Mint, HP, The North Face, and Mattel

Fractional marketing for climate companies, with a focus on brand and comms. Worked with Aurora, Altitude, Conservation X Labs, Macro Oceans, Pacific Fusion, Rainbow, Relyion, Rockstart, Remove, Terraset, Univers

erzsi@morelake.co

Led brand marketing at Stripe and Google Cloud, ran marketing and comms at Human Capital. Clients include Aurora, Altitude, Conservation X Labs, Macro Oceans, Pacific Fusion, Rainbow, Relyion, Rockstart, Remove, Terraset, Univers

Helps early-stage startups with everything from messaging and positioning and media relations to crisis comms and content planning

patrick@pdmstrategies.com

Past experience in-house at Opendoor, GoFundMe, Plenty, Wink, and Quirky; agency experience at Outcast and Archetype.

Washington D.C.

Narrative development, launch moments, executive comms and profile building, and crisis comms.

bridgett@dowling-group.com

a16z crypto, Haun Ventures, and various portfolio companies. Bridgett previously led comms at Uniswap and was head of comms at the FAA.

Los Angeles

Media relations, messaging development, editorial and owned content, and more

jaimen@welldonecommunications.com

Specializes in consume and e-commerce. Kickstarter, Canon, SXSW, Led comms at Teamshares, Glossier, and worked at Nike.